a tip of the hat to anyone who would suggest gary moore's still got the blues. this may be the best blues song...on the best blues album...by the best blues guitarist that no one has ever heard of. i swear i've thought for years that i was the only one alive who owned this album. very nicely chosen.

I want to tell her that I love her a lot, but I got to get a belly full of wine.

U2 - i will follow, bad, love rescue me, all i want is you, so cruelelton john - sorry seems to be the hardest word, don't let the sun go down on mebruce cockburn - wondering where the lions arethe flaming lips -she don't use jelly, yoshimi battles the pink robots the cure - three imaginary boys, close to me, hot-hot-hot, pictures of you, a forest, underneath the stars, disintegration, a thousand hours, bare, there is no if, the promise, faith

don williams - i believe in youcounting crows - round herebob mould - heartbreak a strangerthe waterboys - too close to heaven, the whole of the moon, this is the seathe black crowes - she talks to angelsdave matthews -don't drink the water, big eyed fish, bartender, the space between, crash into megovt mule - beautifully brokenprimitive radio gods - standing outside a broken phone booth...ccr -bad moon rising, long as i can see the lightvan morrison -moondance, have i told you latelydelbert mcclinton - i live the life i livechris rea - fool if you think it's over, road to hellbig country - in a big countrythe doors - the end

Camera Obscura: 80s fan, Tears for affairs, Let's get out of this country, Keep it clean, Suspended from class, French navy, The sweetes thing, Swans, Forests and sands, Honey in the sun, My maudlin career, Troublemaker, William's heart, New year's resolution, Break it to you gently

Elton John: 60 years on, Rocket man, The one, Daniel, Nikita, Someone saved my life tonight, 5th avenue, Funereal for a friend/Love lies bleeding, Goodbye yellow brick road, It ain't gonna be easy, Did he shoot her?, Tonight, The captain and the kid, Captain fantastic and the Brown dirt cowboy, Your song, I'm gonna be a teenage idol, High flying bird, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters part I and II, Something about the way you look tonight, The greatest discovery, The King must die, Empty sky, Lady what's tomorrow, Tiny dancer, Crocodile rock, Bennie and the jets, Don't let the sun go down on me, The bith is back, Philadelphia freedom, Sorry seems to be the hardest Word, Blue eyes, I'm still standing, Believe, Empty garden, Don't wanna go on with you like that, Levon, Gone to Shiloh, When love is dying, Mandalay again

Frank Sinatra: My way, Strangers in the night, Something stupid, I've got you under my skin, Young at heart

Gerry and the Pacemakers: You'll never walk alone

The Hollies: Long cool woman in a black dress

James Blunt: 1973, Same mistake, Carry you home

John Waite: Missing you

Kacey Musgraves: Follow your arrow

Keane: Everybody's changing, Somewhere only we know, Clear skies, Spiralling, Perfect symmetry, My shadow, You are Young, Disconnected, Sovereign light café, On the road, The boys, Is it any wonder?, Early Winter, Sunshine

Michael Jackson: Working day and night, Leave me alone, Streetwalker, Fly away, Man in the mirror, Ben, Music and me, Jam, In the closet, Who is it?, Dangerous, They don't care about us, Earth song, Don't stop 'till you get enough, Wanna be starting somethin', Beat it, Billy Jean

Miguel Bosé: Manos vacías, Si tú no vuelves, Aire soy

Monserrath Caballé and Freddie Mercury: Barcelona

Neil Diamond: Solitary man

Oasis: Who feels love, The importance of being idol, Songbird, Let there be love

Paul Simon: Graceland

Pet Shop Boys: Love etc, West end girls, Suburbia, Jealousy

The Police: Every breath you take

Queen: Teo Torriate (Let us cling together), Bohemian rhapsody, Don't stop me now, Another one bites the dust, A kind of magic, Under preassure, Radio Ga Ga, Innuendo, Headlong, The show must go on, Scandal, '39, Love of my life, In the lap of the gods...revisited

R.E.M.: Orange crush, Shinny happy people

The Rolling Stones: Harlem shuffle, Angie, Honky tonk women

Sarah Brightman and José Carreras: Amigos para siempre

Simon and Garfunkel: At the zoo, Homeward bound, I am a rock, Cecilia, Bridge over troubled wáter, Bright eyes, The boxer

Tom Petty: Free falling, Won't back down, Running down a dream

Toto: Africa, Rosanna

Travelling Wilburys: Tweeter and the monkey man, End of the line, Wilbury twist, She's my baby, Inside out, You took my breath away, Handle with care